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Rhino Web Services Offers Free Website Repair for Non-Profit CompaniesStarting March 1st, Rhino Web Services is offering free website repair for non-profit companies. This special includes simple on page fixes that can greatly increase rank on search engines like Google... [WebWire Electronic Internet commerce]  Google Italy ruling threatens YouTube pursuit of profitabilityClear implication of Milan court's judgment against three executives is that every hosted video should be pre-screened
The judgment by a Milan court against Google's employees throws a bucketful of sand into the machinery of YouTube, the video site that the search engine company bought for (...) [The Guardian]  Web CEO 8.1: SEO Software Remains Critical Amid Disruption in the Search Engine EnvironmentThe newly released Web CEO 8.1 is all about making SEO and SEM work easy and convenient - - - Web CEO, the reputable standard in search engine optimization and website promotion software, continues to... [WebWire Electronic Internet commerce]  Big Niche Marketing Strategy Focused On Helping Small Businesses Dominate OnlineCAVE CREEK, Arizona, Feb. 22, 2010. Big Niche Marketing, LLC., announced today their new services: article marketing, video marketing, and an array of search engine optimization techniques that get bu... [WebWire Electronic Internet commerce]  Europe approves Microsoft's Yahoo dealThe proposed link-up between Microsoft and Yahoo has been approved by European regulators, paving the way for the two companies to combine their search engines and take on Google together.
Senior figures said that plans to implement the 10-year agreement, which was first announced last summer, (...) [The Guardian]  Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal ApprovedBBC News reports that the US and European regulators (yes, the same EC that slapped MS with a EUR900M fine) have approved the deal that will see Microsoft control Yahoo's search and advertising business. This will mean that one of the first, great search engines (there was a time before Google) (...) [OSNews]  Google's poor social scoreThe search engine giant has had little success with its social media services so far. Will adding a Twitter-like feature to Gmail be any different? [CNN Money]  Super Bowl ad breaks Google's TV silenceIf you watched the Super Bowl Sunday night, you saw at least two unprecedented events: The New Orleans Saints won their first championship, and Google ran an ad for its search engine on television. [CNN Money]  Google 'copycat' search engine springs up in ChinaA search engine called "Goojje" has come online in China, in an apparent plea to Google not to end operations in the country. [BBC News]  Google 'sister' launches in ChinaA search engine called "Goojje" has come online in China, in an apparent plea to Google not to end operations in the country. [BBC]  Are Bing and WolframAlpha catching up with Google in search engine battle?Panel hears how Google's competitors are looking at different ways of searching the internet
The front of the pack isn't always the best place to be. In a panel of search engine representatives at the Munich DLD conference, Google's Ben Gomes was the most reluctant to give anything away. Alsio (...) [The Guardian]  China Defends Internet CensorshipTwo days ago, Google dropped a bomb by announcing its intentions to cease censoring its search engine results in China, partly because the search giant claimed that attempts were made to crack the GMial accounts of Chinese human rights activists. The Chinese government has officially replied to (...) [OSNews]  Google could be granted copyright immunityProposed amendment to the Digital Economy Bill exempts search engines from copyright infringement claims from third parties – Rupert Murdoch presumably included
Time for Rupert Murdoch to mobilise the lobbyists? Search engines would be exempted in UK law from any liability for copyright (...) [The Guardian]  'Iranian cyber army' hits BaiduThe hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu. [BBC News]  'Iranian cyber army' hits BaiduThe hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu. [BBC]  |